A man on Bryant Court allegedly threatened to “shoot the police and then himself” if his wife called the police after he allegedly grabbed her by the throat, picked her up, and then threw her to the ground.

The woman met officer Brandon Moss in the Ingles parking lot to report the incident, and he noted that she did have bruises on her throat and neck. She said her husband had firearms inside their home and that she was scared to go home but had nowhere else to go. Moss and two officers then went to the home where they found the suspect, who told them he and his wife had just had a “disagreement.” He then stated, “just shoot me, I want you to shoot me, I want to die.” He continued to beg them to shoot him or to take him to jail where he would “kill himself.” He was placed in handcuffs for officer safety and taken to Athens Regional for a mental evaluation.

Other incidents on file at the sheriff’s office last week included:

•Warrants have been issued for a man on Smith Road who allegedly attacked his girlfriend, dragging her across the bed. Her daughter said she heard the commotion and came to defend her mother and was struck by the man, grabbed by the throat and pushed backwards. There were several children in the residence at the time of the incident. The man left the scene prior to the officer’s arrival in a small blue pick up.

•Forgery and theft by deception were reported on Black’s Creek Church Road last week. A man came to the sheriff’s office saying that he had been given a counterfeit check by a couple that he knows. The check was for $3,350 and so far he had been able to recoup only $700.

•Cruelty to children was reported on Madison Street last week. Officer Brandon Moss met with a woman at Ingles who had her young son show him bruises on his arms. She said the boy had spent the past weekend with his father and his girlfriend and that he came home the night before saying the girlfriend had grabbed him by his arms and pushed him down because he wanted to call his mother.

•A woman on Old Elberton Road reported that her brother comes into her residence every night after she leaves for work and watches TV and “huffs paint.” She said she has told him not to come into her house.

•Approximately 50 fishing rods and reels in the garage area were taken from a home on Wildcat Bridge Road last week, along with a toolbox, weed eater and four-wheeler.

•Theft by taking was reported on Bud Freeman Road last week when a woman said her boyfriend took $900 from her safe.

•Harassing phone calls were reported on Pierce Coile Drive recently after a man said another man he knows keeps calling and threatening him and his mother.

•A woman on Hwy. 72 reported that her daughter went to Colbert Pharmacy to pick up her Lortabs and never brought them to her.

•A man on Fleeman Brown Road reported that his trailer was stolen during the night.

•A man on Adams Clarke Road reported that his truck was stolen from his yard while he was gone.

•A middle school student was charged with marijuana possession less than an ounce and disrupting public school after a teacher noticed he had burned his fingers. The school contacted the boy’s mother, who asked that her son be searched. A small bag of marijuana was found in his front pocket.

•A truck was reportedly stolen from a home on Old Elberton Road over night.

•A couple on Childers Road reported that approximately 700 feet of their fence had been damaged by an SUV.

•Criminal trespass was reported in a vacant home on Maplewood Lane.

•The owner of a trailer on Hwy. 29 South reported that a tenant broke a window out of his trailer. The woman said she did break the window because she was having medical issues. The owner said he did not wish to press charges and officer Andrew Wilkes took her to Athens Regional for a mental evaluation.

•Disrupting public school and affray were reported on Madison Street at Madison County High School last week after two students got into a fight during their fifth period class.

•Disrupting public school and carrying weapons within a school safety zone were reported at the middle school last week after a female reportedly cut her wrist several times. She told school resource officer Mark Jerome that she got the razor from a male student. When the male student was asked why the girl would come to him for a razor blade, he reportedly said that anyone knows if they want a knife or a razor blade that they should come see him. Both students were charged with bringing a weapon inside a school safety zone.

•Burglary was reported on Belhaven Lane last week after a woman said that items were taken from her home while she was at work.

•An unruly child was reported on Broad River Road last week. The boy’s mother said her child became disorderly when he was told to come home from a friend’s house. She said he began breaking out windows in a camper and threw a computer out of the residence. He then ran into the woods. The woman called 9-1-1 back and said her son had returned home and was damaging her vehicle. Officer Jeff Strickland reported that he could hear yelling in the background while on the phone with the woman. While Strickland was on his way back to the residence, an additional call came into 9-1-1 from a neighbor stating that they heard screaming from the house. When Strickland arrived, he saw the mother and her other two sons holding the boy down as he was kicking and swinging his arms. Strickland said the boy calmed down as he spoke with him and told him that he was going to damage the property because his mother did not give him enough attention. His mother said this was not the first time he had done this and she was afraid he might do more damage when the officer left. Strickland filled out a juvenile complaint and told the boy to go inside, take and bath and go to bed. The boy, appearing calmer, complied with the request.

•A woman on Hannah Heights Trail reported that her 14- year old son had been missing over the weekend.

•Simple battery was reported on Hwy. 29 South when a girl told officers her boyfriend had slapped her. The boyfriend denied this, saying that he was talking to her to try to get her to calm down over an argument they were having over their food stamp card.

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